The loan agreement from Nationwide for the refinancing of my single room garden flat is due within the next few days. Are you able to suggest a cheap conveyancing lawyer in The Hale?
This site is not designed to help those in their quest for a cheap conveyancing in The Hale. We can offer you affordable conveyancing but we do not work with the cheapest lawyers. Avoid the trap of appointing organisations offering the bait of £99 conveyancing in The Hale. Optimistically, in deciding on cheap conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst it will result in you spending a lot in additional fees and still not end up with the service expected.
Our god-son is buying a new build apartment in The Hale with a mortgage from Santander. His lawyer has advised him of a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. What is this document - I have never come across this before?
The form is intended to provide information to the main parties involved in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Santander conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the surveyor when requested. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Santander conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
Should my conveyancer be raising enquiries regarding flooding during the conveyancing in The Hale.
Flooding is a growing risk for conveyancers dealing with homes in The Hale. There are those who buy a house in The Hale, completely expectant that at some time, it may be flooded. However, aside from the physical damage, where a property is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, satisfactory building insurance, or dispose of the property. There are steps that can be taken as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the buyer.
Conveyancers are not best placed to offer advice on flood risk, however there are a various checks that may be carried out by the buyer or on a buyer’s behalf which can figure out the risks in The Hale. The conventional set of completed inquiry forms supplied to a buyer’s conveyancer (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) incorporates a standard question of the seller to determine whether the property has suffered from flooding. In the event that flooding has previously occurred and is not notified by the owner, then a buyer could commence a compensation claim stemming from an misleading answer. The buyer’s lawyers will also commission an enviro report. This will disclose if there is any known flood risk. If so, additional investigations will need to be conducted.
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I've recently bought a leasehold flat in The Hale. Do I have any liability for service charges relating to a period prior to my ownership?
Where the service charge has already been demanded from the previous owner and they have not paid you would not usually be personally liable for the arrears. However, your landlord may still be able to take action to forfeit the lease. It is an essential part of leasehold conveyancing for your conveyancer to ensure to have an up to date clear service charge receipt before completion of your purchase. If you have a mortgage this is likely to be a requirement of your lender.
If you purchase part way through an accounting year you may be liable for charges not yet demanded even if they relate to a period prior to your purchase. In such circumstances your conveyancer would normally arrange for the seller to set aside some money to cover their part of the period (usually called a service charge retention).
Notwithstanding our best endeavours, we have been unsuccessful in negotiating a lease extension in The Hale. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
Where there is a absentee freeholder or if there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to calculate the price payable.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a The Hale property is 20 Orchard Court Stonegrove in June 2009. The tribunal decided that a premium of £11,040 should be payable for the new lease This case related to 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 71.55 years.